A little perspective.

[Sitswithamouse]

Is that a bottle of whiskey in your pants Mr Kennedy, or are you just pleased to see me

Would stan like a drink of whiskey or would stan like to wear it.

 

[stan1980]

Would stan like a drink of whiskey or would stan like to wear it.

Haha, throwing away whiskey makes Charles cry.... so make mine a double, and one for Charles too.

 

[Sitswithamouse]

Haha, throwing away whiskey makes Charles cry.... so make mine a double, and one for Charles too.

Well out of the two "Scotsmen" at least one admitted his mistakes. How long can Gordon cover up his.

 

[stan1980]

Well out of the two "Scotsmen" at least one admitted his mistakes. How long can Gordon cover up his.

Well i can't argue with that.

 

[EnemyPartyII]

While you people are gibbering on about whisky, the zombies are regrouping

 

[Eudaimonist]

While you people are gibbering on about whisky, the zombies are regrouping

Darn zombies! Shoot for the kneecaps!


eudaimonia,

Mark

 

[Paulos23]

Darn zombies! Shoot for the kneecaps!


eudaimonia,

Mark

You know what that means don't you? While you are still dealing with the rest of the zombies, the ones you kneecapped will keep crawling toward you.

Shot them in the head, it stops them for good. Kneecapping is only good if you are trying to run away, and even then your leaving a deadly 'zombie mine' for someone to stumble on.

 

[cantata]

My thread's been hijacked by zombies and Charles Kennedy! o_0

 

[Paulos23]

My thread's been hijacked by zombies and Charles Kennedy! o_0

Could be worse, could be a zombie Charles Kennedy.

 

[TexasSky]

Poverty and starvation while we are throwing billions of bushels of corn into the ocean to keep the price up. Or while fancy restaurants are throwing away enough to feed thousands, every night, into dumpsters, and refusing to donate it to the poor.

Old people freezing to death in their own homes because government owned utility companies cut off their utilities in the dead of winter due to "failiure to pay" the astronomical bills.

Children being forced into the financial equivalent of slave-labor class because they cannot afford a college education, in a world that wants a Master's Degree to be a secretary.

People being forced to work harder and longer, and until they are much older than their parents were when they could retire, so companies can squeeze a bigger profit out of them. Making family time the "optional" time in the lives of many people.

The government getting more and more and more invasive into private lives. In my city, they tell you what you can park in your drive way. (No cars that are not fully registered, in running condition, and currently inspected; no boats, or recreation vehicles of any kind.) They tell you how many animals you can have, totally. They tell you when to paint your house, when to trim your trees, and when you have to mow your alley. They tell you that no more than 2 unrelated people can share a house. They tell you how many garage sales you are allowed a year. They tell you when to water, and how much to water. I know another city that tells you what kind of trees you are allowed to plant. They've chased college students out of neighborhoods here for parking on the street in neighborhoods that don't have laws against it. (Yes, they are being sued over it too.) They refused to zone to allow a care-giver and four mentally ill people to create a group home in an area. They also refused to zone to allow a care giver and five elderly people to create a group home in an area. All of the refusals claimed they were concerned over property values. My own property value doubled, in one year, after having remained the same for 15 years.

Credit card companies owning the country and no one doing ANYTHING to make them behave in an ethical manner. One nationally known company sent out "pre approved" credit cards to college students just about the time the first tuition and books are due. The cards were touted as zero interest for 6 months, with low credit limits. The student, upon activation, discovered the activation fee was higher than the credit limit, and were instantly hit with $60 "over the limit" fees. When protesting, they were told "buyer beware." When the term sheets that came with the card were presented to two law professors and two economic professors, all four professors said that only the person who wrote the terms would have understood them. Nothing was done about the unethical behavior of the credit card companies.

 

[TexasSky]

You know what that means don't you? While you are still dealing with the rest of the zombies, the ones you kneecapped will keep crawling toward you.

Shot them in the head, it stops them for good. Kneecapping is only good if you are trying to run away, and even then your leaving a deadly 'zombie mine' for someone to stumble on.

Wait a minute.
If a Zombie is a brainless creature that eats brains, how is shooting them in the head stopping them?

 

[PaladinWithGun2]

Poverty and starvation while we are throwing billions of bushels of corn into the ocean to keep the price up. Or while fancy restaurants are throwing away enough to feed thousands, every night, into dumpsters, and refusing to donate it to the poor.

Old people freezing to death in their own homes because government owned utility companies cut off their utilities in the dead of winter due to "failiure to pay" the astronomical bills.

Children being forced into the financial equivalent of slave-labor class because they cannot afford a college education, in a world that wants a Master's Degree to be a secretary.

People being forced to work harder and longer, and until they are much older than their parents were when they could retire, so companies can squeeze a bigger profit out of them. Making family time the "optional" time in the lives of many people.

The government getting more and more and more invasive into private lives. In my city, they tell you what you can park in your drive way. (No cars that are not fully registered, in running condition, and currently inspected; no boats, or recreation vehicles of any kind.) They tell you how many animals you can have, totally. They tell you when to paint your house, when to trim your trees, and when you have to mow your alley. They tell you that no more than 2 unrelated people can share a house. They tell you how many garage sales you are allowed a year. They tell you when to water, and how much to water. I know another city that tells you what kind of trees you are allowed to plant. They've chased college students out of neighborhoods here for parking on the street in neighborhoods that don't have laws against it. (Yes, they are being sued over it too.) They refused to zone to allow a care-giver and four mentally ill people to create a group home in an area. They also refused to zone to allow a care giver and five elderly people to create a group home in an area. All of the refusals claimed they were concerned over property values. My own property value doubled, in one year, after having remained the same for 15 years.

Credit card companies owning the country and no one doing ANYTHING to make them behave in an ethical manner. One nationally known company sent out "pre approved" credit cards to college students just about the time the first tuition and books are due. The cards were touted as zero interest for 6 months, with low credit limits. The student, upon activation, discovered the activation fee was higher than the credit limit, and were instantly hit with $60 "over the limit" fees. When protesting, they were told "buyer beware." When the term sheets that came with the card were presented to two law professors and two economic professors, all four professors said that only the person who wrote the terms would have understood them. Nothing was done about the unethical behavior of the credit card companies.

YEAH, what she said!

 

[Mrs.Sidhe]

Wait a minute.
If a Zombie is a brainless creature that eats brains, how is shooting them in the head stopping them?

Well speaking from the George Romero version of the zombies--shooting them in the head kills the brain--just like if you shoot a person it kills the brain--therefore killing the person. The person's brain has been reawakened and therefore has to be taken care of.

To quote from Night of the Living Dead: "If you kill the brain, you will kill the ghoul."

 

[Sitswithamouse]

Well speaking from the George Romero version of the zombies--shooting them in the head kills the brain--just like if you shoot a person it kills the brain--therefore killing the person. The person's brain has been reawakened and therefore has to be taken care of.

To quote from Night of the Living Dead: "If you kill the brain, you will kill the ghoul."

I thought that was Shaun of the dead.
I suppose shooting the brain is better than throwing an LP.

 

[stan1980]

Could be worse, could be a zombie Charles Kennedy.

Au Contraire! Such a creature already exists.

Sorry, i apologise, that's a little unfair... on the zombies.

 

[PaladinWithGun2]

An LP at least has a little style. Shooting is so passe.

 

[Mrs.Sidhe]

I thought that was Shaun of the dead.
I suppose shooting the brain is better than throwing an LP.

Nope--not just from Shaun of the Dead. George Romero "Living Dead" mythos. Though it is seen a a couple of the Living Dead movies that some people use other means to kill the ghoul--it is still always something to do with the head. What's easiest but to shoot the zombie in the head (so you don't get bit!)

In the Return of the Living Dead--the zombies only ate brains--

In the Romero mythos & Shaun of the Dead--the zombies will eat anything that is warm human flesh. The last two statements are in response to someone who I said zombies only eat brains. Only in 1 mythos is that true!

 

[cantata]

Poverty and starvation while we are throwing billions of bushels of corn into the ocean to keep the price up. Or while fancy restaurants are throwing away enough to feed thousands, every night, into dumpsters, and refusing to donate it to the poor.

Old people freezing to death in their own homes because government owned utility companies cut off their utilities in the dead of winter due to "failiure to pay" the astronomical bills.

Children being forced into the financial equivalent of slave-labor class because they cannot afford a college education, in a world that wants a Master's Degree to be a secretary.

People being forced to work harder and longer, and until they are much older than their parents were when they could retire, so companies can squeeze a bigger profit out of them. Making family time the "optional" time in the lives of many people.

The government getting more and more and more invasive into private lives. In my city, they tell you what you can park in your drive way. (No cars that are not fully registered, in running condition, and currently inspected; no boats, or recreation vehicles of any kind.) They tell you how many animals you can have, totally. They tell you when to paint your house, when to trim your trees, and when you have to mow your alley. They tell you that no more than 2 unrelated people can share a house. They tell you how many garage sales you are allowed a year. They tell you when to water, and how much to water. I know another city that tells you what kind of trees you are allowed to plant. They've chased college students out of neighborhoods here for parking on the street in neighborhoods that don't have laws against it. (Yes, they are being sued over it too.) They refused to zone to allow a care-giver and four mentally ill people to create a group home in an area. They also refused to zone to allow a care giver and five elderly people to create a group home in an area. All of the refusals claimed they were concerned over property values. My own property value doubled, in one year, after having remained the same for 15 years.

Credit card companies owning the country and no one doing ANYTHING to make them behave in an ethical manner. One nationally known company sent out "pre approved" credit cards to college students just about the time the first tuition and books are due. The cards were touted as zero interest for 6 months, with low credit limits. The student, upon activation, discovered the activation fee was higher than the credit limit, and were instantly hit with $60 "over the limit" fees. When protesting, they were told "buyer beware." When the term sheets that came with the card were presented to two law professors and two economic professors, all four professors said that only the person who wrote the terms would have understood them. Nothing was done about the unethical behavior of the credit card companies.

Great post! I have to say I was shocked particularly by your last two paragraphs, as people complain a lot about the 'nanny state' in this country, and about the behaviour of credit card companies - and yet I have heard of nothing this bad here in recent years. Clearly we should count ourselves lucky.

 

[TexasSky]

I have lost alot of sleep over my son.

Why?

 

[TexasSky]

Great post! I have to say I was shocked particularly by your last two paragraphs, as people complain a lot about the 'nanny state' in this country, and about the behaviour of credit card companies - and yet I have heard of nothing this bad here in recent years. Clearly we should count ourselves lucky.

You know,

They didn't give it a lot of news here. The reason I knew is that I work for one of the universities whose students were targeted. Administration learned about the scam when students went to legal aide about it. Unfortunately, there was nothing that could be done. Technically the nonsense was "legal". Totally unethical, but "legal".

We started posting warnings to parents and the student body, and we found out we were not the only University that had been hit that way.

In regards to the "nanny state" it is all the city government that has gone most insane, but it is happening all over the United States.